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A Qualitative study on Sexual Harassment Experiences of men in Pakistan

. Shumaila Imtiaz, Anila Kamal, Maria Waris Nawaz & Sania Mazher


Abstract

The stereotypical gender roles have suggested that sexual harassment can mostly be studied within the feminine contexts, which may potentially invalidate any such claims made by the men present in the society since they are mostly portrayed as perpetrators during such situations.  However, sexual harassment of men may generally disregard power differentials among the genders. Hence, this article aims at exploring the experiences of sexual harassment in public places among men as young adults and how often they have experienced it, also to find their coping strategies using just world belief, and resilience. This article would aid in addressing probable explanations and impacting effects of the underreported occurrences of men facing sexual harassment and attempts to highlight the need of having gender neutral laws to facilitate the victims, their families, local bodies and mental health practitioners as this abuse might make these individuals vulnerable to the acute stress disorder and anxiety disorders if its experienced for a long period of time and goes unaddressed.

 

 

Index Terms- Sexual harassment, Men, Just world belief, Coping, resilience

 

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